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the biggest mistake a vice presidential candidate can make is making a mistake on foreign policy. he has a fair amount of experience in that front. >> in the v.p. slib racials, there's a case made for and against every candidate and a case made against tim kaine, as they were having their discussions. so the case against them evaporated. what was the case against elizabeth warren, as you understand it, in their deliberations? >> well, i think to some extent there were some concerns that she would perhaps overshadow the candidate. we saw them campaign together and really energized the supporters there in the room. secretary clinton felt very good about that appearance but i think that was one aspect of it. they feel as though tim kaine is going to help her in a group where she really lags. right now donald trump beats her with those groups. one nugget that i can report out to your conversation about tpp and trade, i spoke with a campaign official temperature they're going to be pushing back that he's not progressive enough in the coming days. they said, yes, he did fast trick tpp.
the biggest mistake a vice presidential candidate can make is making a mistake on foreign policy. he has a fair amount of experience in that front. >> in the v.p. slib racials, there's a case made for and against every candidate and a case made against tim kaine, as they were having their discussions. so the case against them evaporated. what was the case against elizabeth warren, as you understand it, in their deliberations? >> well, i think to some extent there were some concerns...
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so foreign policy speech isle also on that list. we do know mitt romney will be making an address at the clinton global initiative.on that list. we do know mitt romney will be making an address at the clinton global initiative. another place where he can draw the stark contrast between himself and the president. but in terms of a specific speech, we don't have any date lined up. there is another big speech scheduled for monday about that we'll be traveling with the campaign when it heads to los angeles, that speefch will be delivered to a large hispanic business group in the los angeles area. he's been trailing among latinos and hispanics in the u.s. roughly 2:1. >> what strategy have you heard that the campaign is going to be using on the ground over the next few days? >> it's a good question. we've been reaching out to them. the campaign insists this has been a vigorous campaign, they have been active across the country. but there are only a total of five events over the last five or so days. we thought we might see them pick up t
so foreign policy speech isle also on that list. we do know mitt romney will be making an address at the clinton global initiative.on that list. we do know mitt romney will be making an address at the clinton global initiative. another place where he can draw the stark contrast between himself and the president. but in terms of a specific speech, we don't have any date lined up. there is another big speech scheduled for monday about that we'll be traveling with the campaign when it heads to los...
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here's what he outlined today as his first plank of his foreign policy. >> my foreign policy has three fundamental branches. first, confidence in our cause, a recognition that the principles america was based upon are not something we shrink from or apologize for. >> don't apologize for american values. it's the first branch of the romney doctrine and it's one of his favorite things to brag about on the campaign trail. >> it is time for us to have a president who will not apologize for success at home and will never apologize for america overseas. >> never again apologize for america abroad. >> and never again apologize for america abroad. >> i will never apologize for american greatness abroad. >> we will never again apologize for america abroad. >> of course, these suggestions that president obama apologizes for the united states are ludicrous. but they've been brewing ever since he took office. just three months after the president's inauguration, karl rove wrote a piece called, the president's apology tour for "the wall street journal." rove claimed president obama apologized on th
here's what he outlined today as his first plank of his foreign policy. >> my foreign policy has three fundamental branches. first, confidence in our cause, a recognition that the principles america was based upon are not something we shrink from or apologize for. >> don't apologize for american values. it's the first branch of the romney doctrine and it's one of his favorite things to brag about on the campaign trail. >> it is time for us to have a president who will not...
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they'll try and hash over foreign policy. she's playing clean-up essentially for emmanuel macron who was trying to convince the president to stay in the iran deal. also not be so bullish when it comes to his idea of what a fair trade deal is, to start dealing with the eu rather than deal with -- or try to deal with these -- make these bilateral agreements with individual countries. obviously france and germany both in the eu have a stake in that. we're going to see if angela merkel is able to push him forward on any of that. it is unclear that emmanuel macron did any of that. nbc's peter alexander is in the east room at the white house, watching as these arrivals come in. peter, do we have any sense that merkel is going to be able to help try to convince the president to stay in the iran deal or is this already done? it is certain that she will help try to convince the president. whether the decision has already been made at this point is unclear. we heard from the secretary of state, mike pompeo, earlier today saying that it
they'll try and hash over foreign policy. she's playing clean-up essentially for emmanuel macron who was trying to convince the president to stay in the iran deal. also not be so bullish when it comes to his idea of what a fair trade deal is, to start dealing with the eu rather than deal with -- or try to deal with these -- make these bilateral agreements with individual countries. obviously france and germany both in the eu have a stake in that. we're going to see if angela merkel is able to...
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his foreign policy is if he makes it to the general. getting through the nomination process, he will have to stress more the domestic issues where he has more of a disagreement than the conservative base and the republican party. the foreign policy will be kicked further out because of the frustrations that a lot of americans have with what she see happening in the middle east with the isis and the president's agenda and that will mitigate for him when this comes to navigating the primary. >> and who is the gop base more angry at bush one or two? >> i think more with bush two with his adoption policy and that is eight years where they were largely squandered when it came to fiscal constraint and that gave rise to the tea party and the revolution of the right that you saw in the recent years years. >> and this is where he went to the right and this is not withdrawing from the world. >> america does not have the luxury of withdrawing from the world our spirit and values demand we remain engaged in often distant places. we have to reason t
his foreign policy is if he makes it to the general. getting through the nomination process, he will have to stress more the domestic issues where he has more of a disagreement than the conservative base and the republican party. the foreign policy will be kicked further out because of the frustrations that a lot of americans have with what she see happening in the middle east with the isis and the president's agenda and that will mitigate for him when this comes to navigating the primary....
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it's one thing to degree with -- disagree with is really foreign-policy, but there are occasions where that crosses the line. any university needs to find that balance between protecting free speech and the right to protest, but also creating an environment where jewish students do not fear for their safety on a university campus. >> sophia, in the time we have left, i want to switch gears and talk about the republican on republican action, on capitol hill. congressman tony gonzalez, republican, texas, was on cnn earlier today, talking about the dysfunctional house and his description of the people he has to work with. watch this. >> look, the house is a rough and rowdy place, but mike johnson will be just fine. i served 20 years in the military, it's my honor to be in congress, but i served with scumbags. hobgood endorsed my opponent, these people used to walk around with white hoods at night and are walking around with white hoods in the daytime. >> sophia, that right there, is an example of why republican, the republican majority can't have nice things, where they are trying to get
it's one thing to degree with -- disagree with is really foreign-policy, but there are occasions where that crosses the line. any university needs to find that balance between protecting free speech and the right to protest, but also creating an environment where jewish students do not fear for their safety on a university campus. >> sophia, in the time we have left, i want to switch gears and talk about the republican on republican action, on capitol hill. congressman tony gonzalez,...
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. >> he's not impressed with the foreign policy towards russia. this latest tat, the obama administration kicked out 35 diplomats who were intense jens in response to what they did in our presidential election in 2016. russia upped the andy. our asking 700 to leave. it has to be a more forceful response than figuring out what they want us to do to respond by september 1st. why not say we're not going to do that? we're going to negotiate over that. we're going to talk about different numbers, and push back on what the russians are asking us to do. >> well, so, this is interesting because tillerson is not looking like he wants to take a stronger road on it. he said it was pointless to cut ties over disagreements between two countries adding lavrov indicated some willingness to talk and find ways to move forward on the issue of ukraine. so this is, i guess, the problem with diplomats and diplomacy. you need the same diplomat to talk tough as to figure out spaces where there are conversations to be had with russia. >> yeah. that the called diplomacy.
. >> he's not impressed with the foreign policy towards russia. this latest tat, the obama administration kicked out 35 diplomats who were intense jens in response to what they did in our presidential election in 2016. russia upped the andy. our asking 700 to leave. it has to be a more forceful response than figuring out what they want us to do to respond by september 1st. why not say we're not going to do that? we're going to negotiate over that. we're going to talk about different...
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polls show he won the foreign policy debate. this morning, the campaign handed out a 20-page booklet to reporters outlining an obama second term agenda and here's the ad they made to go with it. >> we're not there yet but we've made real progress and the last thing we should do is turn back now. here's my plan for the next four years. making education and training a national priority. building on our manufacturing goal. boosting american made energy. reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where we can and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. >> last night, the president was certainly aggressive. romney may have played it safe but made no major mistakes and his supporters also declared victory. analysts point out there's agreement on many key issues. on style, the president with zingers an pulled out the most quoted one when romney mentioned the navy. >> our navy is smaller now than any time since 1917. >> i think governor romney maybe hasn't spent time looking at how the military works. you mentioned navy, for example.
polls show he won the foreign policy debate. this morning, the campaign handed out a 20-page booklet to reporters outlining an obama second term agenda and here's the ad they made to go with it. >> we're not there yet but we've made real progress and the last thing we should do is turn back now. here's my plan for the next four years. making education and training a national priority. building on our manufacturing goal. boosting american made energy. reducing the deficits responsibly by...
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everybody in foreign policy tries to be a professional, with the possibly exception of our president. they know that the united states is their chief ally and that being angry about this in public doesn't serve their interest. so they will do whatever they can to try to ameliorate this problem as a public relations problem for trump, and they will expect that favor to be recognized in the future. whether they share information with us in the future or not is a case by case decision that they have to make, knowing that sometimes there's leaks right at the top. >> white house officials have been adamant about this point. general mcmaster also adamant about this point earlier today that the president of the united states did not disclose sources and methods. does that bother you at all, the fact that the president may have not disclosed sources and methods but they have not again knocked down this reporting that he did again reveal classified information? >> press reports indicate that he at least revealed the city in which the israelis discovered important information, and that's not so
everybody in foreign policy tries to be a professional, with the possibly exception of our president. they know that the united states is their chief ally and that being angry about this in public doesn't serve their interest. so they will do whatever they can to try to ameliorate this problem as a public relations problem for trump, and they will expect that favor to be recognized in the future. whether they share information with us in the future or not is a case by case decision that they...
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he speaks to what he calls this feckless foreign policy he believes we draw a line in the sand, they cross it, we don't do anything. we say we're going to draw down troops. we don't do that. what do you say to those people for whom he answers their concerns, their fears and what has been a very concerning time in this world. i think it's a very concerning time. he illicits the fear factor. the tenor of the convention in which there was a dark picture of everything. this is an incredible country where people are able to exercise their freedom and make statements but we have to do a better job of explaining what national security policy means and not to operate off of the fear factor because we don't have to be afraid. we are strong, we have to figure out basically how to get support for policies that make us safer. >> a few people have suggested, even a member of congress that his statements were treasonous. a little too far? >> no, i think it's very worrisome because it isn't just a matter of inviting a foreign country to become involved in our political process but also the methods.
he speaks to what he calls this feckless foreign policy he believes we draw a line in the sand, they cross it, we don't do anything. we say we're going to draw down troops. we don't do that. what do you say to those people for whom he answers their concerns, their fears and what has been a very concerning time in this world. i think it's a very concerning time. he illicits the fear factor. the tenor of the convention in which there was a dark picture of everything. this is an incredible country...
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. >> and you find that you can't turn this aircraft carrier of american foreign policy around on a dime anyway. >> general, she makes a very specific point here. you've got oiling, you understand the realities of all that was said last night. is it a lot of posturing we heard at the end of the day last night? >> sure there's a lot of posturing, but there are some differences that were made. when connedie was in there with the bush administration, some bold departures or bad departures from american tradition -- we didn'tdie was i the bush administration, some bold departures or bad departures from american tradition -- we didn't work with allies, we did the operation in -- i was opposed to it at the time. it does make a difference who gets elected. there's a brought trend of centrist thinking. i think this president is in that position, but he's been very tough. he sent troops in on the ground. he does support the libyan people through -- when they were -- needed protection, and we did get regime change in libya. he puts more troops into afghanistan. this is not a president about whom r
. >> and you find that you can't turn this aircraft carrier of american foreign policy around on a dime anyway. >> general, she makes a very specific point here. you've got oiling, you understand the realities of all that was said last night. is it a lot of posturing we heard at the end of the day last night? >> sure there's a lot of posturing, but there are some differences that were made. when connedie was in there with the bush administration, some bold departures or bad...
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you know, this is the most important foreign policy piece of legislation in this congress. republicans, despite all the pressure from mar-a-lago and steve bannon and the base, stood beside our allies, and provided support for israel, ukraine, and taiwan. and this is an amazing moment, you know, given the bitter partisanship of our politics. you have this kind of bipartisan cooperation and this kind of quasi coalition that i wouldn't, by the way count on that lasting for very long. >> yes. just for this weekend only. we'll be back with my sound-off panel with a short break. we will discuss development at columbia university after pro- palestinian protests led to student arrests. now a warning for jewish students about their safety on campus on the eve of passover. ground shipping from the united states postal service. ♪♪ if you have chronic kidney disease you can reduce the risk of kidney failure with farxiga. because there are places you'd like to be. farxiga can cause serious side effects, including ketoacidosis that may be fatal, dehydration, urinary tract, or genital
you know, this is the most important foreign policy piece of legislation in this congress. republicans, despite all the pressure from mar-a-lago and steve bannon and the base, stood beside our allies, and provided support for israel, ukraine, and taiwan. and this is an amazing moment, you know, given the bitter partisanship of our politics. you have this kind of bipartisan cooperation and this kind of quasi coalition that i wouldn't, by the way count on that lasting for very long. >> yes....
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she really spent the first 35 minutes, that portion on foreign policy on defense from both of the other candidates and from the moderator john dickerson prying her with questions. if you didn't see it in iraq or libya how can we expect you to see it coming in the future if you're commander-in-chief. basically judgment should be more important than experience. >> with that question on hillary clinton's war vote with iraq, she has not withered when collateraled. if you look and give an assessment and even look at sort of the reviews today, if you will, did this hurt her at all? did they expect this to be something she has to face on the campaign trail? >> reporter: i don't think the iraq war vote really did. we'll see if the statute of limitation on that vote has expired or if she's already paid the price for it in 2008. the weaker moments for her came on other issues. it came on wall street reform which ended up with a connection to terrorism. one moment she's catching flack for she was on defense from bernie sanders for taking a lot of money from wall street and political contributions
she really spent the first 35 minutes, that portion on foreign policy on defense from both of the other candidates and from the moderator john dickerson prying her with questions. if you didn't see it in iraq or libya how can we expect you to see it coming in the future if you're commander-in-chief. basically judgment should be more important than experience. >> with that question on hillary clinton's war vote with iraq, she has not withered when collateraled. if you look and give an...
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>> i think that hillary clinton is a critical messenger to talk about this issue in any foreign policy matter. >> and jonathan, this becomes a 2016 play, the way the former secretary of state came out today. what do you think? >> well, we don't know where things will stand in 2016. it's way too early. but i do think that it's significant that people like general clark and hillary clinton and general petraeus and people who we really have a lot of respect for when it comes to the national security of our country are unified on this. and it's the others who are dissenting right now. >> general clark, speak to the american people. how -- what if we don't get this right? >> well, let me speak to the american people and say, let's get this right. the president has it right. he's -- asking the congress to support his use of force. why? he has the authority to use the force by himself. it's a more powerful diplomatic message if he's got both houses of congress behind him. he is taking the lead. this is what we expect and ask of a president. take the lead. he wants the american people behind h
>> i think that hillary clinton is a critical messenger to talk about this issue in any foreign policy matter. >> and jonathan, this becomes a 2016 play, the way the former secretary of state came out today. what do you think? >> well, we don't know where things will stand in 2016. it's way too early. but i do think that it's significant that people like general clark and hillary clinton and general petraeus and people who we really have a lot of respect for when it comes to...
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the person focused on foreign policy issues. a person who wants to be part of the conversation whether it has to do with iran or australia. then mike flynn gets on the podium and says iran, you are on notice. what's going on inside the white house? do you think things are coordinated? >> it's coordinated within the white house. this is the strategy president trump wants. steve bannon is playing a huge role in foreign affairs. hees behind this. for rex tillerson, he inherits a lot. he inherits a crisis, at the moment, with australia and the iran situation. that doesn't bring up russia, china, north korea and syria. a lot on his plate to deal with. >> are they giving rex tillerson an unfair hand? to take the podium yesterday, that missile was launched on sunday. many say reason to say something. did he need to say it yesterday and make tillerson's first day on the job that much more complicated? >> whether they needed to or not, it was planned. they knew what they were doing when it came to that. it wasn't like the immigration ban
the person focused on foreign policy issues. a person who wants to be part of the conversation whether it has to do with iran or australia. then mike flynn gets on the podium and says iran, you are on notice. what's going on inside the white house? do you think things are coordinated? >> it's coordinated within the white house. this is the strategy president trump wants. steve bannon is playing a huge role in foreign affairs. hees behind this. for rex tillerson, he inherits a lot. he...
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and foreign policy? >> well, first of all, i keep many of my recommendations private to the white house, but i will say this. one of the issues that didn't really come out tonight was the importance of economic growth. and it was only herman cain who actually mentioned economic growth in this debate tonight. and when you get right down to it, america's strength is the strength of our economy. this is an economy that when it has to can grow in incredible spurts. when we reorganized out of the ç great depression and got ready for world war ii, we grew at 8%, 17%, 18% per year in real terms. and if we did that, we'd have all the resources we need for national security, for our entitlement and social programs. we'd be right back on track, and i think, i think what we're going to see is a lot more discussion of growth going forward. >> colonel wilkerson, if the trigger actually goes into effect that is the result of the supercommittee not coming to an agreement, and we see these rather sudden defense cuts in
and foreign policy? >> well, first of all, i keep many of my recommendations private to the white house, but i will say this. one of the issues that didn't really come out tonight was the importance of economic growth. and it was only herman cain who actually mentioned economic growth in this debate tonight. and when you get right down to it, america's strength is the strength of our economy. this is an economy that when it has to can grow in incredible spurts. when we reorganized out of...
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." >> well, matt, i just respectfully point to the hundreds of experienced foreign policy experts, diplomats, dense officials who were communicating information on the unclassified system because it was necessary to answer questions and to be able publicly to go as far as we could, which was not acknowledging the program -- >> rachel, matt went to the e-mail pretty much right off the bats an issue of judgment. >> stuck with it. >> stuck with it for a while. that was her roughest section it seemed to me of the entire 30 minutes. >> yeah. but what she's describing, it's hard to imagine sort of a better answer to it because there is this thing that's wrong in the middle of american foreign policy i can say as a matter of my opinion, which is that we are conducting an ongoing years-long substantial military campaign that is a war by any other name but we're doing it as covert action and therefore literally american public officials are prohibited from discussing it. but we all know what's happening. they get asked about it in foreign countries. they get asked about it by us. they get asked about
." >> well, matt, i just respectfully point to the hundreds of experienced foreign policy experts, diplomats, dense officials who were communicating information on the unclassified system because it was necessary to answer questions and to be able publicly to go as far as we could, which was not acknowledging the program -- >> rachel, matt went to the e-mail pretty much right off the bats an issue of judgment. >> stuck with it. >> stuck with it for a while. that was...
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there are a number of very strong people in terms of foreign policy on social media vetting information as it comes. and we can kind of see it in real time. i think we're dealing with a different landscape. will that landscape be powerful enough force to help us craft and shape a solution that we help in terms of helping to stabilize and in terms of maybe we put together a partnership with iran. maybe not. but we've got to really sort of understand that this is not -- we can't take american values and sort of drop them off in the middle east. we can't strip people of their agency. this new president in iraq has some responsibilities here that maybe we help him to live up to but at the end of the day, the responsibilities truly belong to him. am i for boots on the ground? only if wolfowitz and crystal have them on. maybe we support in other ways in terms of helping the region come together around this. no one benefits from an isis backed government that is capable of terrorism both in the region and abroad and may hit american interests. we do have to craft a meaningful solution. i think
there are a number of very strong people in terms of foreign policy on social media vetting information as it comes. and we can kind of see it in real time. i think we're dealing with a different landscape. will that landscape be powerful enough force to help us craft and shape a solution that we help in terms of helping to stabilize and in terms of maybe we put together a partnership with iran. maybe not. but we've got to really sort of understand that this is not -- we can't take american...
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it was not design for foreign policy experts. designed for the 64% of the americans that don't have a passport or haven't been overseas. >> if you're in real estate you want to build a big building and you don't get the right deal from the people you buy the land from, you can walk back and look somewhere else. you can't walk away from england, france, nato, the arab countries on our side. you can't walk away from japan, south korea. they exist. you can't walk away from mexico. once you make one of these ultimatums and say you must build the wall and they so no. then where you go? we drop off eastern europe from nato protection? we just say no more. i don't understand how you walk away from the table this diplomatic terms? >> he's not looking at this in diplomatic terms. it requires strategic thought. everything is transactional and in the moment. he referenced the idea of getting the best deal possible. we have allies and these are the onces you have and they are not ideal. >> the president of mexico will not build wall keeping
it was not design for foreign policy experts. designed for the 64% of the americans that don't have a passport or haven't been overseas. >> if you're in real estate you want to build a big building and you don't get the right deal from the people you buy the land from, you can walk back and look somewhere else. you can't walk away from england, france, nato, the arab countries on our side. you can't walk away from japan, south korea. they exist. you can't walk away from mexico. once you...
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policy and other areas but specifically foreign policy in the campaign. is this going to change things going forward? >> well, if you take actions that are moving in the direction of conventional republican foreign policy, you are going to win the approval of john mccain, lindsey aham, marco rubio and most republicans in the senate with the exception of rand paul. you're alsoinning the approval of democrats, chuck schumer came out and praised him. and frankly, this is what worries people like steve bannon and his allies in the white house which is that you -- their belief is that you are forgetting the principles and the things that you ran on that excited your voters and that they voted for. they did not vote for things like intervention in syria and, you know, if he starts turning in the direction of multilateral trade deals, i'm sure he will get a lot of approval among republicans in the senate, but, again, again, you're fracturing that base, that hardcore base of 35% that love him and were probably alienated by other politicians and maybe lost faith i
policy and other areas but specifically foreign policy in the campaign. is this going to change things going forward? >> well, if you take actions that are moving in the direction of conventional republican foreign policy, you are going to win the approval of john mccain, lindsey aham, marco rubio and most republicans in the senate with the exception of rand paul. you're alsoinning the approval of democrats, chuck schumer came out and praised him. and frankly, this is what worries people...
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foreign policy under president barack obama. look, when you listen to these republican rallies and so forth, these are just old, tired criticisms that people are out of touch. they don't understand. romney's trying to whip up the base. the truth is the president's done a remarkably strong, effective job as leader and as our commander in chief. he has finished the war in iraq like he said he would. he surged in afghanistan. he made the right decisions. >> let me ask you about afghanistan, for example, general. because just overnight, 15 people died in afghanistan. the taliban took responsibility. we've had the burning of the korans. that massacre allegedly by the u.s. soldier. i mean, is this a potential problem for the president? are you on board -- are you among the people who say, what could really determine this election in the end may be something unexpected, something that happens overseas, some crisis that evolves that we just don't foresee right now or at least don't foresee in the specifics? >> well, there are a number o
foreign policy under president barack obama. look, when you listen to these republican rallies and so forth, these are just old, tired criticisms that people are out of touch. they don't understand. romney's trying to whip up the base. the truth is the president's done a remarkably strong, effective job as leader and as our commander in chief. he has finished the war in iraq like he said he would. he surged in afghanistan. he made the right decisions. >> let me ask you about afghanistan,...
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on foreign policy does matter. when you win strong leader, you are well on the way to winning the presidency. in 2000, that is the ground that george w. bush commanded against al gore and on that difference that part of the election swung. what you are seeing here is how do you abut appeaser? show strong leader. the last week has been strong leader, there, afghan. and strong leader, and remember osama bin laden and inside of the situation room, and strong leader, and that is a rebuttal to the characterizations, and ostensibly, it has established strong leader. >> that is important when you are talking about an incumbent running for re-election, because, again, the argument is stay the course. that is the argument against george bush when he was re-elected and the polls showed that even if people did not really like him or agreed with him, but they are not ready to switch the horses midstream here, and he is good enough, and this president is better than good enough, but it goes to the point. >> i like the idea of n
on foreign policy does matter. when you win strong leader, you are well on the way to winning the presidency. in 2000, that is the ground that george w. bush commanded against al gore and on that difference that part of the election swung. what you are seeing here is how do you abut appeaser? show strong leader. the last week has been strong leader, there, afghan. and strong leader, and remember osama bin laden and inside of the situation room, and strong leader, and that is a rebuttal to the...
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i want to make a sound of marco rubio talking about a laying out of foreign policy strategy yesterday. >> our greatest successes have always occurred in partnership with other like-minded nations. america has acted unilaterally in the past, and i believe it should continue to do so in the future when necessity requires. but our preferred option, since the u.s. became a global leader, has been to work with others to achieve our goals. >> that, i mean that could have come from the president. >> given by president obama four years ago? last week? >> two months from now? >> almost word for word. really interesting. to me the bin laden thing tees up one other narrative, and it may matter if there's a foreign minister crisis. the president took eight months. he found out that the guy is there in august, he aims for eight months. he unloads a process that's extremely rigorous, maybe didn't -- maybe that was a risk he didn't need to take. i guess the question for me is moth foreign policies don't give you eight months, maybe eight hours, maybe eight days, so the question is, can he take this
i want to make a sound of marco rubio talking about a laying out of foreign policy strategy yesterday. >> our greatest successes have always occurred in partnership with other like-minded nations. america has acted unilaterally in the past, and i believe it should continue to do so in the future when necessity requires. but our preferred option, since the u.s. became a global leader, has been to work with others to achieve our goals. >> that, i mean that could have come from the...
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policy. and i say that for this reason. because when i hear the administration say it's intolerable that north korea has the missiles and the nuclear weapons, it won't be permitted, that's what the president said at other times, where's that coming from? what it is connected to? if you articulate the goals like this you get in the same position as saying that we're going to get rid offal asod and someone says, well how? and then you're left with, well, i'm going to look to the military. and we have looked at the military for years. there's no filt option here. so what is it that we're actually pointing toward? what i'm concerned about is i don't want to see the united states march down the road to diplomatic failure here. and it's all about settling the right context and then having the right objectives. >> right. general clark, i appreciate that. i appreciate your context for the fewers. yufr saying let's dial it down. thank you so much. now up next, president trump promised to help with the opioid crisis. why is he reject
policy. and i say that for this reason. because when i hear the administration say it's intolerable that north korea has the missiles and the nuclear weapons, it won't be permitted, that's what the president said at other times, where's that coming from? what it is connected to? if you articulate the goals like this you get in the same position as saying that we're going to get rid offal asod and someone says, well how? and then you're left with, well, i'm going to look to the military. and we...
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he as i think i will develop a foreign policy. he will sit down with right-wingers and do what they want to do. he doesn't have a gut interest in foreign policy and that's the scary part were or we would know what it is by now. he's a grown up, we should know where he stands. thank you both, have a nice weekend, enjoy the big festivities this week which i say everybody here can watch on tv. newt gingrich lost his secret service protection, but he's still going to zoo. what did this guy have to do with running for president and going to zoos all the time. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. monarch of marketing analysis. with the ability to improve roi through seo all by cob. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. i'm going b-i-g. [ male announcer ] good choice business pro. good choice. go national. go like a pro. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... â
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policy. and they said that on the very same day that the most unpresidential elected official in american history said this -- >> i want to give everybody a good, fair chance. director comey was very, very good to hillary clinton, that i can tell you. if he weren't, she would be right now going to trial. >> the madman is still loose in the white house, accuse president obama of crimes, accusing susan rice of crimes, still accusing hillary clinton of crimes. crimes in hillary clinton's case that the director of the fbi said could not be proved. director james comey studied hillary clinton's state department e-mail arrangement and could not find a crime that he believed should could be successfully prosecuted for. he could not find any precedent for a prosecution. that's what the fbi director said publicly. the fbi director is appointed to a ten-year term. but the president can fire him. and there is the president of the united states today saying that fbi director james comey deliberately let
policy. and they said that on the very same day that the most unpresidential elected official in american history said this -- >> i want to give everybody a good, fair chance. director comey was very, very good to hillary clinton, that i can tell you. if he weren't, she would be right now going to trial. >> the madman is still loose in the white house, accuse president obama of crimes, accusing susan rice of crimes, still accusing hillary clinton of crimes. crimes in hillary...
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but let me ask you on a policy level, how will this change america's foreign policy? >> i don't think the foreign policy is going to fundamentally change. i think the president is the principle foreign policy officer in this govlt. but i think john kerry will be there giving advice. i think we've had two brilliant secretaries of state in a row. what's really happened the last four years aside from all the headlines about osama bin laden, the drone strikes and the fact that we're ending the war in iraq is that we've been restoring respect for america around the world. i think kerry will make a huge contribution to that. >> now, believe it or not, just moments before the president was announcing his nomination of kerry, republicans were on the hill attacking susan rice over ben benghazi this afternoon. >> the word she told on 16, september was completely out of line with reality on the ground. i just thought she was very eager to tell a story that did not make a lot of sense. i believe to suggest this thing was anything other than a terrorist attack fit a political narr
but let me ask you on a policy level, how will this change america's foreign policy? >> i don't think the foreign policy is going to fundamentally change. i think the president is the principle foreign policy officer in this govlt. but i think john kerry will be there giving advice. i think we've had two brilliant secretaries of state in a row. what's really happened the last four years aside from all the headlines about osama bin laden, the drone strikes and the fact that we're ending...
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we begins with netanyahu and his attempt to derail obama's foreign policy. he challenged the president on iran saying the deal is worse than no deal. >> iran's nuclear programs can be rolled back well beyond the current proposal by insisting on a better deal and keeping up the pressure on a very vulnerable regime. if iran threatens to walk away from the table, and this often happens in a persian bazaar, call their bluff, they'll be back, because they need the deal a lot more than you do. we've been told that no deal is better than a bad deal. well, this is a bad deal. it's a very bad deal. we're better off without it. >>> hours later, president obama responded to prime minister's netanyahu's criticism. here he is. >> on the core issue, which is how do we prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, which would make it far more dangerous and would give it scope for even greater action in the region, the prime minister didn't offer any viable alternatives. the alternative that the prime minister offers is no deal, in which case iran will immediately begin onc
we begins with netanyahu and his attempt to derail obama's foreign policy. he challenged the president on iran saying the deal is worse than no deal. >> iran's nuclear programs can be rolled back well beyond the current proposal by insisting on a better deal and keeping up the pressure on a very vulnerable regime. if iran threatens to walk away from the table, and this often happens in a persian bazaar, call their bluff, they'll be back, because they need the deal a lot more than you do....
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>> in terms of foreign policy, we have to get our economy going. that's the number-one thing we need for the united states of america. got to deal successfully with china as they grow. got to deal with the terrorists, and we've got to manage the circumstances in the middle east. so people in washington and the foreign affairs business are going to be very, very busy. iran, syria, israel, the palestinians, a new constitution in egypt, and all around the periphery of the middle east there are still terrorist elements. and there's a problem in north africa with terrorists. >> and i was also going to add to the conversation north korea. >> that's right. >> you heard the news today, they say they have a missile that could potentially reach the united states. of course it could be weaponized. what's your reaction to that? >> well, we've known this was coming for a long time and we have a missile defense program, a rudimentary program, but it's been in place, put it in place several years ago, and it's designed specifically to handle this. actually we're
>> in terms of foreign policy, we have to get our economy going. that's the number-one thing we need for the united states of america. got to deal successfully with china as they grow. got to deal with the terrorists, and we've got to manage the circumstances in the middle east. so people in washington and the foreign affairs business are going to be very, very busy. iran, syria, israel, the palestinians, a new constitution in egypt, and all around the periphery of the middle east there...
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back to a foreign policy that would have america go it alone. shout to the world, you're either with us or against us. lash out first and ask the hard questions later. if they get asked at all. and see the world through a cold war prism that's totally out of touch with the realities of the 21st century. >>> if that was a robust attack on republican policy, mr. biden showed his flair for the campaign friendly one liner managing to slam romney and promote the president with just a few choice words. >> if you're for a bumper sticker to sum up how president obama has handled what we've inherited, it is pretty simple. osama bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. >> indeed. and biden's speech offered a sharp contrast to the man that many believe he will be debating in the fall. senator marco rubio, whose own foreign policy speech turned farce when the poor man lost his notes. >> more people are free to grow their economies, free to pursue their dreams, free to become prosperous. i left my last page of the speech. does anybody have my last page
back to a foreign policy that would have america go it alone. shout to the world, you're either with us or against us. lash out first and ask the hard questions later. if they get asked at all. and see the world through a cold war prism that's totally out of touch with the realities of the 21st century. >>> if that was a robust attack on republican policy, mr. biden showed his flair for the campaign friendly one liner managing to slam romney and promote the president with just a few...
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but i wouldn't underestimate him. >> you were mentioning foreign policy. 2 a horrendous night for foreign policy. we had rick perry saying defund and disband the united nations. we had bachmann suggesting that we demand respect from iran, whatever that means. herman cain was asked to clarify his remarks about negotiating with terrorists. and here's what he said originally. listen to this. >> could you imagine if you were president, we're almost out of time. and there were one american soldier who had been held for years and the demand was al qaeda or some other terrorist group. you've got to free everyone at guantanamo. several hundred prisoners. could you see yourself as president, authorizing that kind of transfer? >> i could see myself authorizing that kind of transfer. >> that was pretty clear. in the debate, he desperately suggested that that was not what he meant. >> right. what did he mean? >> i can't answer that question, i'm afraid to say. this is from the guy who didn't seem to know what the neo con was despite having named several neo conservatives. he clearly struggles in term
but i wouldn't underestimate him. >> you were mentioning foreign policy. 2 a horrendous night for foreign policy. we had rick perry saying defund and disband the united nations. we had bachmann suggesting that we demand respect from iran, whatever that means. herman cain was asked to clarify his remarks about negotiating with terrorists. and here's what he said originally. listen to this. >> could you imagine if you were president, we're almost out of time. and there were one...
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policy, i think more than the specific issues, what foreign policy does for obama -- this was a problem he had in 2008, it establishes him as fundamentally presidential. if you look what happened in terms of the bifurcation of the obama campaign, the west wing has been totally scooped out, the political folks scooped out and shipped to chicago. the folks representing in the west wing are people more conversant with foreign policy. jay carney was chosen as white house press secretary because of his foreign policy chops. this is the image they want to project. >> it's true. the tale of two cities, a campaign fumbling for a grip and message traction over the last couple weeks since the ann romney encounter a couple weeks ago. i agree with your assessment in terms of being a presidential stature level issue, foreign policy could serve that purpose for the president. on the flip side, he's going on jimmy fallon and in some measure demeaning the office of the president in a way that we can argue about whether that's an appropriate strategy or not. that's a divergent tale that doesn't show up
policy, i think more than the specific issues, what foreign policy does for obama -- this was a problem he had in 2008, it establishes him as fundamentally presidential. if you look what happened in terms of the bifurcation of the obama campaign, the west wing has been totally scooped out, the political folks scooped out and shipped to chicago. the folks representing in the west wing are people more conversant with foreign policy. jay carney was chosen as white house press secretary because of...
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does romney's foreign policy speech matter? does foreign policy matter? >> i think it does matter right now, because there's so much volatility around the world that it has called into question some of the policies that barack obama has put into place. to the extent that he can highlight that, i think mitt romney wants to do that. he wants to call into question the president's judgment on an area where he had a good lead, where the president has passed that commander in chief test in 2008 getting elected to the presidency. that's what he's trying to do. i think it's mostly about the economy. >> i'm going to agree with jonathan here. this is an election certainly about the economy. when they go into the voting booths on voting day, it's about the economy. i think romney has the opportunity here and needs to take it. to link obama's economic policies with his foreign policies, i don't think he should go after romney on the philosophical differences between his foreign policy and obama's. frankly, it's hard to figure out what obama's foreign policy philosoph
does romney's foreign policy speech matter? does foreign policy matter? >> i think it does matter right now, because there's so much volatility around the world that it has called into question some of the policies that barack obama has put into place. to the extent that he can highlight that, i think mitt romney wants to do that. he wants to call into question the president's judgment on an area where he had a good lead, where the president has passed that commander in chief test in 2008...
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there's no consistency on his foreign policy. the only consistent thing is that he hates everything that the president stabs for. and on some cases, he should just say, you know what? it's not such a bad thing what this president has done on foreign policy. >> good luck on that. jonathan capehart joins us now. do you think the republicans are going to attack the president for using air force one and his time campaigning even though he went out to visit those strong tremendous men and women who have served this country? >> certainly. they're going to use any and everything as a criticism against the president. a little dicey when you start bringing the troops in in all this. and especially when the president is there talking to troops and talking about defending themç against folks from these for profit colleges who are preying on troops. preying on veterans. and one of the instances he talked about in his speech, preying on troop who have come back who have severe brain injuries and don't even remember the courses they signed u
there's no consistency on his foreign policy. the only consistent thing is that he hates everything that the president stabs for. and on some cases, he should just say, you know what? it's not such a bad thing what this president has done on foreign policy. >> good luck on that. jonathan capehart joins us now. do you think the republicans are going to attack the president for using air force one and his time campaigning even though he went out to visit those strong tremendous men and...
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then i want to get to donald trump foreign policy. this is your beat, not mine. >> thank god. >> what did you hear from him that give you concern or confidence? >> well, i think he's a serious guy but i think we're dealing with an extraordinary moment to be conducting foreign policy right now. this is a waylon jennings moment. momma don't let your daughters growing up to be secretaries of state. look at the challenges we face. first of all we have an enemy we've never quite faced before. we have terrorists with no plan, tonight leave their name, they want nothing more than us to fail. second we have the return of great power politics. third we live in a world with globalization flows now, the most important thing to plug your town tri-into, whether it's the facebook flow, the economic flow or the technology flow. and lastly, we live in a world where the biggest challenge of the u.s. president is not strong states, it's states falling apart in our hands. and managing weakness is incredibly difficult. >> the scary thing was him calling
then i want to get to donald trump foreign policy. this is your beat, not mine. >> thank god. >> what did you hear from him that give you concern or confidence? >> well, i think he's a serious guy but i think we're dealing with an extraordinary moment to be conducting foreign policy right now. this is a waylon jennings moment. momma don't let your daughters growing up to be secretaries of state. look at the challenges we face. first of all we have an enemy we've never quite...
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my brother's foreign policy. and then he immediately, that day, followed that up with the press release, announcing that he was bringing onboard 21 foreign policy advisers to his campaign, 19 of those 21, had worked for either his brother or his dad or both. so, it's just this really unforced political error that jeb bush made right off the bat. and then, the first big political stunt he launched was his effort to be seen as a tech-savvy, wired, silicon valley kind of e-candidate. first he hired the cofounder of hipster.com to be his chief technology officer. then he had to fire the kid one day later when it emerged that nobody on the jeb bush campaign had apparently read that kid's twitter field, which was all about his ranking of the different kinds of sluts in the world. then, jeb bush released hundreds of thousands of e-mails from his time as florida governor. he made a big splash out of this. i'm releasing all of these e-mail. i'm being super transparent. i'm letting you know how tech savvy i am. apparently
my brother's foreign policy. and then he immediately, that day, followed that up with the press release, announcing that he was bringing onboard 21 foreign policy advisers to his campaign, 19 of those 21, had worked for either his brother or his dad or both. so, it's just this really unforced political error that jeb bush made right off the bat. and then, the first big political stunt he launched was his effort to be seen as a tech-savvy, wired, silicon valley kind of e-candidate. first he...
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this, of course, focusing on that foreign policy context. they're going to set apart what they called the trump doctrine, embracing dictators, threatening war with the three pillars of a biden foreign policy. it would begin with repairing our democracy at home, pursuing a foreign policy for the middle class and putting the u.s. back at the head of the table in terms of leading the world, leading the free world. interestingly what they're going to say the first year in office, biden will invite all the world's democracies for a summit to repair the damage they see done. you heard the vice president there in that sound, he thinks he is the most qualified person, but his rivals are not ceding that territory. bob gates, the former defense secretary, not just in the bush administration, but also in the early years of the obama administration saying no one has been more wrong on foreign policy than joe biden. just earlier here in new york, the governor of washington, taking a shot at biden on foreign policy saying he should in the speech apologize
this, of course, focusing on that foreign policy context. they're going to set apart what they called the trump doctrine, embracing dictators, threatening war with the three pillars of a biden foreign policy. it would begin with repairing our democracy at home, pursuing a foreign policy for the middle class and putting the u.s. back at the head of the table in terms of leading the world, leading the free world. interestingly what they're going to say the first year in office, biden will invite...
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foreign policy says that she might become the next pick for national security adviser. a position that calls more flupgs than secretary of state. she of course withdraw for that consideration from that position five months ago. as for now, tom donlan has announced his interception to leave the post but it has been assumed that he would leave about a year into the second material of obama's presidency. what do you all think of this? yes, yes, yes and yes. i think that's how she wrote it. >> i don't think that's how she wrote it. >> i was trying to get her energy. she did not deserve, i hope potus does name her. laci, i can feel your excitement. join us on facebook and let us know what you're thinking. >>> up next, we'll dig into immigration reform. ♪ i' 'm a hard, hard ♪ worker every day. ♪ i' ♪ i'm a hard, hard worker and i'm working every day. ♪ ♪ i'm a hard, hard worker and i'm saving all my pay. ♪ ♪ if i ever get some money put away, ♪ ♪ i'm going to take it all out and celebrate. ♪ ♪ i'm a hard, hard worker... ♪ membership rallied millions
foreign policy says that she might become the next pick for national security adviser. a position that calls more flupgs than secretary of state. she of course withdraw for that consideration from that position five months ago. as for now, tom donlan has announced his interception to leave the post but it has been assumed that he would leave about a year into the second material of obama's presidency. what do you all think of this? yes, yes, yes and yes. i think that's how she wrote it....
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it basically took foreign policy off the table. it made it seem like, in the third debate, romney barely showed up because he had basically seeded all of foreign policy to the president. that's what the polls were showing. it's something you very rarely see in a debate, chris, which is a clean kill. two or three other examples. this is a perfect one where romney was very well-prepared and taken by his staff to a place that he shouldn't have been, where he's trying to score points on an issue where he shouldn't have been trying to score. romney said obama did fot use that words. the moderator actually stepped in at the time and fact-checked him and said you're wrong. and that was just so devastating. >> yeah, well said. it was critical. he's right, john. twitter sbantly went wild. it's the number two line of the year. let's take a listen. >> we took a concerted efrlt to go out and find women who had backgrounds who could find members of our cabinet. >> so what was the quote of the year? this probably won't shock you. in some ways, i
it basically took foreign policy off the table. it made it seem like, in the third debate, romney barely showed up because he had basically seeded all of foreign policy to the president. that's what the polls were showing. it's something you very rarely see in a debate, chris, which is a clean kill. two or three other examples. this is a perfect one where romney was very well-prepared and taken by his staff to a place that he shouldn't have been, where he's trying to score points on an issue...
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foreign policy. there doesn't seem to be a lot of daylight on fundamental issues. >> this is an important point. actually mitt romney is a bigamistry to us when it comes to foreign policy. in part because republicans are at war amongst themselves. they are not just fighting with barack obama and democrats over what kind of foreign policy e they should have. on the one hand within romney's campaign you have neocon advisers who represent the soul and spirit of bush and cheney. you have tea party types who say let's focus on rebuilding our economy and america at home. and a third category of classic republican realists, if you will, who are more of the liberal internationalist variety. you have all these groups fighting for romney. amazing quotes even in the new york times today from a leading republican foreign policy advocate saying basically, well, we don't know which one romney is. we'd like to say would the real mitt romney stand up. that's from his allies. there is no wonder we are confused about
foreign policy. there doesn't seem to be a lot of daylight on fundamental issues. >> this is an important point. actually mitt romney is a bigamistry to us when it comes to foreign policy. in part because republicans are at war amongst themselves. they are not just fighting with barack obama and democrats over what kind of foreign policy e they should have. on the one hand within romney's campaign you have neocon advisers who represent the soul and spirit of bush and cheney. you have tea...
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and the difficulties in articulating a broad set of foreign policy goals. that is infinitely compounded given the state of play and also changing leadership in the middle east. give us the latest from egypt where things are certainly in a state of turmoil. what's your read on how this affects president morsi's grip on power. >> you know, when the news came out, it is importantly linked to the united states because the defense secretary here, or the minister of defense, the head of the armed forces, came out with this statement saying that the country was on the verge of collapse. the state was on the verge of collapse if the country cooperate reconcile its political differences. now, why we say that's important is because the egyptian military receives close to $1.5 billion from the u.s. government. and hadz a close working relationship with the u.s. military. you get a sense of how important this state institution is to the overall affects here on the ground in egypt, and the kind of community that the u.s. has. it is a back door channel and an important o
and the difficulties in articulating a broad set of foreign policy goals. that is infinitely compounded given the state of play and also changing leadership in the middle east. give us the latest from egypt where things are certainly in a state of turmoil. what's your read on how this affects president morsi's grip on power. >> you know, when the news came out, it is importantly linked to the united states because the defense secretary here, or the minister of defense, the head of the...
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. >> not to mention foreign policy. >> foreign policy as well. i'm an optimist and i think there is always opportunity for the republicans to come out of this -- they are going to be looking their wounds and doubled down on losing strategy that had no end game. so they are really going to have to recalibrate their strategy going forward and hopefully that involves a -- you know, an interest in some more bipartisan engagement here. we really haven't seen it to date. >> the recalibration goes to the point you raised that we could save as much from social security if we just didn't have the long-term cost of wrangling. that was a great contrast. thanks for breaking it down. >> for debt ceiling deniers, ella explains what the debt ceiling really is by comparing to yes, your pizza bill, you heard that right and we have it all in kindergarten terms. check out the video on facebook. here's a preview. >> it needs to fix this -- this is one of the things that barack obama has to fix, but he can get help but only if he makes the right choice. >> abby, your
. >> not to mention foreign policy. >> foreign policy as well. i'm an optimist and i think there is always opportunity for the republicans to come out of this -- they are going to be looking their wounds and doubled down on losing strategy that had no end game. so they are really going to have to recalibrate their strategy going forward and hopefully that involves a -- you know, an interest in some more bipartisan engagement here. we really haven't seen it to date. >> the...
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both know a lot about foreign policy. the choice of europe and the mideast are important for symbolic reasons. some europeans felt that the obama administration paid too much attention to asia. this trip signals that nato is an enduring partnership for us and going to the mideast, you have so many crisis that they need to deal with from syria to iran to continued troubles in egypt and iraq. it makes sense to start here. i think that what the world is looking for for the united states is leadership. they are looking for an outward-leaning america, not trying to drawback into our borders as the far right or even the far left would have us do. secretary kerry you have a convincing and convinced international which is a great strength. >> based on that, the pivot to asia is in the confirmation hearings and he said i'm not convinced that a ramp up in the asia-pacific area is critical yet. that is something i want to look at very carefully. when you hear that and we talk about what experience level he is bringing here especiall
both know a lot about foreign policy. the choice of europe and the mideast are important for symbolic reasons. some europeans felt that the obama administration paid too much attention to asia. this trip signals that nato is an enduring partnership for us and going to the mideast, you have so many crisis that they need to deal with from syria to iran to continued troubles in egypt and iraq. it makes sense to start here. i think that what the world is looking for for the united states is...
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making unfortunate foreign policy flubs. they have been everywhere, right? the republican candidates for president, there are a lot of them right now and they are frequently, every day, multiple times a day, fighting it out in public amongst themselves. campaigning for president outloud in a way we can all see. on the democratic side not so much. it is really not the same kind of field. right now the democratic field in terms of presidential candidates for 2016, there is this guy campaigning from inside of a handsome shoe box, in a spare room in the gym webb house. and bernie sanders of vermont is being all that is bernie sanders in his own righteous wing of the democratic party. also martin o'malley who says had will not run for mikulski's seat. hillary clinton is polling in the 40 to 50% range, and he is polling at 40 to 50 points less than that. on the republican side, it's like the brady bunch squares. lots of candidates fighting it out every day. lots of politicking in public. on the democratic side, it is hillary clinton. who is very capable of getting
making unfortunate foreign policy flubs. they have been everywhere, right? the republican candidates for president, there are a lot of them right now and they are frequently, every day, multiple times a day, fighting it out in public amongst themselves. campaigning for president outloud in a way we can all see. on the democratic side not so much. it is really not the same kind of field. right now the democratic field in terms of presidential candidates for 2016, there is this guy campaigning...
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even foreign policy, joe biden's comment, killing obama does not make a foreign policy. we all applaud that. we aplay the men and women who worked on that, but in the end what mitt romney stands for, what he represents is a time honored tradition, except for barack obama and jimmy carter. that's peace through strength. that was john kennedy's mantra, ronald reagan's mantra, and same questioning, are you better off today than four years ago? you can ask the same questions in foreign policy. is iran further from getting an atomic weapon, or has it moved perilously closer by this president's continued focus without precondition. this president negotiated a treat and we get a rocket -- so if you look at the record, one of a lack of strength, and time honored tradition, peace through strength. >>> let me -- i was struck by the biden speech, so i want to play more of it. this is him criticizing the romney's foreign policy. i want to ask you about when it when we come back. >> we know governor romney reflexively criticizes the president's policy, without offering any specific a
even foreign policy, joe biden's comment, killing obama does not make a foreign policy. we all applaud that. we aplay the men and women who worked on that, but in the end what mitt romney stands for, what he represents is a time honored tradition, except for barack obama and jimmy carter. that's peace through strength. that was john kennedy's mantra, ronald reagan's mantra, and same questioning, are you better off today than four years ago? you can ask the same questions in foreign policy. is...
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take a look at foreign policy. 49% now approve of the president's handling of foreign policy. 46% disapprove. if you look at the numbers from august, 54% approved and 40% disapproved. so that's a big thing for president obama and it is clear the unrest in the middle east, the death of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans certainly taking its toll on this administration. one more concern if you look for the number of voters who are up for grabs, 28% right now are favoring mitt romney. 25% barack obama. again, both campaigns expecting these numbers to go up and down between now and election day. >> all right. kristen welker at the white house, thanks so much. mark mckinnon, mayor brown, matt miller, i'll ask you to stay with us. i want to show everybody these shots of the space shuttle "endeavour" making its way to houston after two days of rain delays from leaving florida. it was able to take off successfully this morning. now it's off to houston. this is just a pit stop there. because it is going to be eventually working its way across the country to the california science cent
take a look at foreign policy. 49% now approve of the president's handling of foreign policy. 46% disapprove. if you look at the numbers from august, 54% approved and 40% disapproved. so that's a big thing for president obama and it is clear the unrest in the middle east, the death of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans certainly taking its toll on this administration. one more concern if you look for the number of voters who are up for grabs, 28% right now are favoring mitt...
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you have this dual programming on foreign policy. which is quite stunning, and very fascinating. >> stephen, i want to speak a little bit about the capacity issues here. we talk a lot of foreign policy. about what people want to do. they talk about putin's attitude and whether he's strong, and obama. what we've seen in the last couple of days in ukraine, we've seen capacity with the military. i want to put up on the screen "the new york times" reporting on this, the challenge they faced as they were trying to basically deal with these militants in this region that are well armed, accompanied by, quote, bold, local supporters, including unarmed civilians, and women who mingle among the armed men. you have experience here. walk us through the issues with the ukrainian military that is, a, isn't very strong conventionally, and b, is dealing with a very challenging, unconventional environment there. >> first of all, you have real problems with command and control. they have several ministers of defense and heads of security structures al
you have this dual programming on foreign policy. which is quite stunning, and very fascinating. >> stephen, i want to speak a little bit about the capacity issues here. we talk a lot of foreign policy. about what people want to do. they talk about putin's attitude and whether he's strong, and obama. what we've seen in the last couple of days in ukraine, we've seen capacity with the military. i want to put up on the screen "the new york times" reporting on this, the challenge...